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What’s the Best Way to Use PVC Pipe for a Parrot Playground?
Kricia U. asks:
Hello! What are your thoughts about this material for a blue and gold macaw, two sun conures, and a cockatiel?
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How Do I Know if My Cookware Is Bird Safe?
Sarah enquires:
I read your post about Teflon which I don’t use.
I bought a set of cookware called EuroCast.
It is nonstick, do you know if this is safe for my birds?
I use low heat when cooking with it but still would like to know what you think.
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How to Remodel a Cage to Reduce 2 Bird’s Hormonal Behavior?
This thread took place during the entire month of December 2020.
Spoiler alert (also found at end of the post)
Hi Catherine I don’t know if you got my email from the other day about the lighting treatment for Reggie’s hormones.
It did the trick.
She is so much friendlier to Kiwi there was just one time she went at him when he was on his stand but it wasn’t as bad as it was before the lighting treatment.
I know you are probably so busy I just wanted to know if she starts to show aggressive behavior do we do the 72 hr or 7 days she is still a little hormonal but not nearly as bad she loves going under my blanket lol.
Thanks again for your advice it was the best Christmas present we could have asked for.
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What Should I Do With the Three Eggs My Grey Just Laid?
Michael G. reaches back out with a new pet bird keeping challenge.
Hi, Mitch, I ordered a clamp-on light fixture for Lil’ Girl and Big Boy.
While they have sunlight on the end of their cage (3′) and down one side (5′).
I figured it couldn’t hurt as the sunlight is filtered by windows with a light tint and filled with Argon gas which, I think, only prevents fogging.
I am not sure about its filtering effect.
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How Do I Get My Bird to Accept a New Playstand?
Cynthia L. needs a bird feeding dish for her new bird’s stand:
The bird stand that I have came with stainless steel, 8 oz. bowls, my Grey loves to grab them and flip everything on the floor.
I need a heavy bowl that will fit.
Next, tell me how I get her to accept the nice new stand.
I have it in the same room, now 4 ft away from her cage.
If I have her on my hand and we walk anywhere near it, she will fly away.
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How Do I Care for a Splay Legged Parakeet?
Suzanne H. is concerned about a Splayed leg 1-month-old parakeet.
My parakeets had 4 chicks. 3 are fine.
The youngest turned out to be a splayed leg.
Went to the vet with the baby.
He said there is just a 10% chance the baby could be fixed to be almost normal.
It didn’t work.
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How Do You Rehabilitate a Biting Senegal Parrot?
The following is in response to our feathered community member Patrick.
Hi Patrick B,
I have a 27-year old Senegal. I was reading your post and thought I would offer a few suggestions to you. First, as Mitch said, try clicker training. It is basically positive operant conditioning. Birds do not understand the word “no” and yelling at them will teach them how to scream. So please give it a try.
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How One Californian Wildfire Devastated This Families Parrot
Annette D. relates:
My Amazon Parrot was killed by fire toxins.
Hi, I’m writing in because I’m just shattered in every way.
I live in Sonoma Co, CA, home of Wildfires.
In 2017, we got hit with the first ‘recognized’ Firestorm.
The Tubbs Fire. (more…)
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How Can I Achieve Better Birdcage Environments for My Birds?
Hey there, here for the brunch, but I’d like to speak to the manager, I just have a question or two before sitting down:
So we have a 2 bird, 2 human family.
The littlest one, a GCC named Pz is the comedian and energy ball of the group, with tons of personality packed into a 70gram feather suit.
Our sanity these days hinges upon making sure the bird children are well taken care of, as we spend all our days with them now and find it very enriching to be attentive to their unique needs and the interesting ways in which they communicate them to us.
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How Can We Slow Our Cockatiel’s Flight?
Scott S. is unsure about free flight (sort of):
Hi folks: My question: is there a “best way” to transition our flighted, little shy of three-year-old ‘Tiel to a quasi-free flight environment (inside a screened lanai).
Buddy is desperate to be with the rest of the flock out on the lanai, he flies and hovers by the door trying to find a way out to us.
Our other “fids” (Feathered Kids) have been great in the lanai but we’ve been “birding” since 1982 and we’ve never had a faster ‘Tiel…he’s a rocket and we’re afraid he may hurt himself if he hits a screen at full boogie.
Any thoughts?
Thank you much! Scott
